Joylean M Baro

Joylean M Baro works with Oxfam in South Africa in the Western Cape.

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1 July 2015

A colonial hangover: big profits, massive exploitation in the Cape winelands

Local activist Petrus Brink describes the current minimum wage as “halfway to hunger. It’s shameful beyond description”Read the full article

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